Insouciant Studios Companion Earrings Watermelon Tourmaline Pyrite and Rose Quartz

  • $44.00


Insouciant Studios Presents the "Companion" Earrings featuring lovely faceted pyrite onion briolettes, pink shaded genuine AAA grade watermelon tourmaline, and stunning pink rose quartz ; gorgeous colors with loads of eye catching sparkle and inner light that is always appropriate and never over-the-top. 14k Gold fill construction and sealed 14k gold plate earwires. Earwires are gold plate over a pure copper base.

Measurements
Total Length 1 1/2 inches
Width ~1/4 inch

Materials

Quartz (SiO2, Silicon Dioxide) is the second most abundant mineral of the Earth's crust. Quartz has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale, an occurs in a variety of colors, from colorless to black. Some of the colors have their own gem names:
Purple: Amethyst
Yellow: Citrine
Yellow and Purple: Ametrine
Green: Prasiolite
White: Milk, snow
Brown/gray/black: Smoke
Pink: Rose
[Mineralogy, Perkins]

Tourmaline [(Na, Ca)(Fe, Mg, Al, Li)3Al6(BO3)3 Si6)18(OH)4] is a highly variable mineral with a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale. It occurs in many colors, including black, blue, green, pink, and colorless. The color is often zoned (more than one color in a crystal or gem). It is commonly associated with quartz and potassium feldspar, and is structurally related to beryl, cordierite, and dioptase. It is one of the few common Boron minerals. [Mineralogy, Perkins]